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Three fleeces crawled out of their paperbags that had been strewn out in the corners of the living room for quite a while, pinned me down on the couch and hijacked my blog. This is what they wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doris the Gestrike sheep<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m Doris the gestrike sheep. Feel my soft staples, they are not your regular gestrike fleece. No, my staples are curly-wurly-crimpy, they shine like the inner sky of a seashell, softly, kindly, with a twirl right at the tip end. I have skipped about in the pastures, brushing sweetly against the grass in the late autumn sun until shearing day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Hands
I\u2019m Doris the gestrike sheep and I truly enjoy getting picked. Reply to Wicked Rolags!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Pick me, pick my staples, mindfully, and you will feel my glide, my length and my give. Yes, I will give \u2013 give you the sweetest rolags once you shape my fibers into spinnable rolls of heaven. Pick me and you will learn my secrets, see what I can do, how I work in movement, in stillness. Close your eyes and feel who I am, follow my lead, search for my deepest secrets and I will guide you along the way. Listen, listen to my whispers and go with my flow. When I have your attention, when you feel my most subtle vibe, you will know how to make me sparkle and reflect that seashell shine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Glorious gute<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m the gute glory! It took me two weeks to get here, I was bundled up and rolled into a paper bag with meter after meter of transparent tape rolled around me. It really itched! I looked like a yarn ball, and nobody paid me any attention. When I finally got to my destination and had a hot bath, I was thrown into a dark drum, spun around for ages and came out felted. The brutality! I am deeply humiliated. My cut ends are all stuck together in a tight carpet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Hands
I\u2019m your favourite gute fleece! Know that I\u2019m full of surprises with my oh-so-soft undercoat fibers and quirky kemp.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m not done in yet, though, I will be picked, I will be freed from the felted slippers and allowed air between my fibers. You see, I have many to choose from! I offer many a kemp quirk, in both black and white. They keep my staples open and upright. They are excellent travelers, they will spred through the living room like the rustling leaves when you open the front door on a windy September day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Two
Will you look at my glorious vanilla shine!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Some of them will stay in my fleece, but most of them will fall out and leave sweet pockets of air between the softest fibers you can ever imagine. The colour of vanilla at the tips, smooth like velvet, I tell you. Rustic grey at the bottom, strong and sturdy. As you pick me you will see what I can do for you. You already found out I can felt into a beautiful structure that will withstand wind and rain, just like I could before I was shorn off that sweet gute lamb. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rya as dark as the night sky<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Do you see the length of my fibers? On and on they go, from the solid cut ends to the tips with the sweet lamb\u2019s curls. No, don\u2019t play with them, it tickles! I\u2019m black as the night, what were you thinking there, really? You know you can\u2019t see to spin black!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Two
I\u2019m your rya diva! Come, let\u2019s admire my long and shiny staples together.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

But don’t you worry, I\u2019ll help you. Just close your eyes and feel my sweet undercoat, soft and fine, enjoy the length of my strong and shiny outercoat. I will give you so many options to play with, to dive in to, to get utterly and senselessly wild with. Perhaps blend it all together, perhaps spin one soft and warm, one strong and shiny. Do explore! But pick me first, get to know me deeply, lean in and let me guide you to my strengths, my gifts, my spirit. Lean in some more as you pick me, staple by staple, feeling all my wealth, my treasures and my soul. Meet me in my core and spin from your heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn how to pick your fleece in this short lecture<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Happy spinning!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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